nuisances.

5. To establish and maintain a public library and reading-room.

6. To prohibit gambling; to prevent, or license and regulate the sale of
liquor, the keeping of billiard-tables, and the exhibition of circuses and
shows of all kinds; to appoint policemen, and provide a place of
confinement for offenders against the ordinances.

7. In general, "to ordain and establish all such ordinances and by-laws
for the government and good order of the village, the suppression of vice
and immorality, the prevention of crime, the protection of public and
private property, the benefit of trade and commerce, and the promotion of
health, not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of the United
States or of this state, as they shall deem expedient," and to provide
penalties for the violation of the ordinances.

All fines and penalties imposed belong to the village.

Appointive Officers.--The council appoints, as provided by law, a village
attorney, a poundmaster, one or more keepers of cemeteries, one or more
fire-wardens, and regular and special policemen; and it prescribes the
duties and fixes the compensation of these officers. The council also
elects at its first meeting, a village assessor, who shall hold his office
one year.

Vacancies and Removals.--Vacancies in any of the village offices are
filled by the council, and it has power to remove any officer elected or
appointed by it whenever it seems that the public welfare will be promoted
thereby.